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Thursday, November 24, 2005 12:00 AM

The long march of Dick Cheney

For his entire career, he sought untrammeled power. The Bush presidency and 9/11 finally gave it to him -- and he's not about to give it up.
By Sidney Blumenthal

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  • Wednesday, November 23, 2005 06:27 PM

    One Other Thing...

    Great article. I would add that Cheney learned, from Watergate, that control of the media message was paramount.

    What the rest of us learned from Watergate was the ramifications of the failures of leadership. What Cheney and Rumsfeld learned was that if they controlled the message they could get away with anything.

    —pookastew Read pookastew's other letters

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